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I Wanted Upper Pole Fullness, Why Didn't 960cc Get Me This?

asked 3 months ago by Myrtle Beach Babe in Myrtle Beach, SC
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
Question viewed 210 times
Tags: 950cc and up, fullness, unsatisfied, upper pole

44DD Pre-op and Had a Lift and Aug with Saline 960cc Mod Plus Implants Now I'm a 44DDD. im 34 5'6 and 200lbs, with 2 kids. i wanted to go to a full size F with upper pole fullness and the high fake look, with the round look at the top of my breast. i look saggy and small with no upper fullness and my breast have no roundness up top. i want to go ALOT bigger in the future but i'm wondering what happened and why did my breast turn out like this??? Please help!!

7 answers to I Wanted Upper Pole Fullness, Why Didn't 960cc Get Me This?

Will 960 cc implants rise to the top???

I think Dr. Aldea makes some really good points. You may have asked for these large implants, but the surgeon should also know and advise accordingly when the patient is asking for something unrealistic. He/she needs to be the patients advocate. I know that not everyone shares in my opinions, maybe even the minority, but the fact is that if you appreciate the fact when you perform a breast augmentation you are placing a foreign body into a living structure, and the tissues thereof will... more

Mark D. Epstein, MD
Stony Brook Plastic Surgeon

www.epsteinplasticsurgery.com

Upper Pole Fulless after Breast Augmentation/Lifting?

I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment with your breast augmentation/lift surgery. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to achieve the “round” look on top while undergoing breast lifting surgery at the same time. This has to do with the issue of skin elasticity and the limitations of the breast augmentation/breast lifting operation. However, the “full round look” can usually be achieved with additional surgery. It may be helpful... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Not full up top

I think what is happening is that your skin cannot support the weight of the implant and the lower pole skin stretches and the implant drops. A larger implant will likely go through the same process again. That fake high look usually comes when the patient has some element of capsular contracture that is not allowing the implant to drop, and we cannot cause that to occur evenly.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

960 cc implants?

Using excessively large saline implants over filled to 960ccs is going to lead to potentially more problems than a smaller implant. Upper pole fullness depends upon your anatomy to some degree. A lift may push them up but eventually some of that upper pole descends as the skin and soft tissue settle down. Bigger implants will cause it to come down sooner.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

960cc implants didn't work to give "upper pole fullness and the high fake look."

I'm not sure what kind of lift you had, but your surgeon likely removed only 1-2 ounces of "extra" skin to lift and tighten your skin brassiere, while adding over 2 POUNDS of implant per side! I'm surprised that your breast incisions healed with this much additional volume per breast. I'm conflicted as to whether or not I think your surgeon is heroic for attempting to achieve your goals, or a total idiot for accepting your challenges as even remotely... more

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.mpsmn.com

No upper pole fullness - gravity and stretching of your tissue is the issue!

What you needed was some advice and insistence that the decision to use such larger implants was a bad idea. Unfortunately, you and your surgeon made a decision together that used flawed logic. Like many other things in life, you can not always have what you want. Plastic Surgeons have a responsibility to educate you about the consequences of excessively large implants and tell you to not have surgery like this. However, you have a responsibility to listen to the advice... more

Mathew C. Mosher, MD
Vancouver Plastic Surgeon

www.drmosher.com

When it comes to Breast Implant Size, is the Sky REALLY the only Limit?

You started with large (44DD) AND sagging breast which were "treated" with the largest non-custom saline breast implants on the market inflated to 960 cc (2.1 pounds) per breast and had a breast lift which surprisingly did not last. It left you with sagging 44DDD sagging breasts without upper pole fulness. You are frustrated and you ask emotionally ask: "what happened and why did my breast(s) turn out like this?" Do you think you may have any role in your... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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